Xenotransplantion: Defeating the "Shumway Curse" An Interview With Drs. Bartley Griffith, Jayme Locke, Robert Montgomery, and Bruno Reichart.

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An interview with Drs. Bartley Griffith (BG), Jayme Locke (JL), Robert Montgomery (RM), Bruno Reichart (BR). Dr Robert Montgomery, is a Professor and Chair of Surgery, and Director of the Transplant Institute at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center, USA On Sep. 25, 2021, Dr Montgomery transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a deceased human body donor, an experiment he successfully reproduced a few weeks later. Urine production could be observed for up to 3 days. Dr Jayme Locke, is a Professor of Surgery and Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Institute and Division of Transplantation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA On Sep. 30, 2021, Dr Locke transplanted two genetically modified pig kidneys inside the abdomen of a brain-dead human after removing the recipient’s native kidneys. Urine production for over 72 hours was also observed (1). Dr. Bartley Griffith, is a Professor of Surgery and Director of the Cardiac and Lung Transplant Programs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA On Jan 7, 2022, Dr Griffith performed the first successful xenogeneic heart transplant from a genetically modified pig to a human. Dr. Bruno Reichart, is an Emeritus Professor of Surgery and project leader at the Walter Brendel Center for Experimental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilian University (LMU), Munich, Germany Dr. Reichart performed Germany's first successful heart transplant in 1981, and has been a leading scientist and a spokesman for experimental xenotransplantation since over 20 years.